all caught up now!
we figured out that they were Hei, Hei and Tamatoa from Moana.
Ah, interesting costumes! Quite original!
We spent an hour or so picking up T-shirts, pins and other special merchandise before we realized that we were finally hungry again. It was 7PM and The Friar's Nook closed at 8PM, so we made a beeline over there to get some grub before it closed. Pub tots
I had this too during
MNSSHP. I really liked them but I am a sucker for tater tots and plastic cheese.
I barely made it up the hill to the Monorail and we slowly made our way back to the room. We had a lake view room, technically, but it also had a limited view of the MK, but there was just enough that I could park myself in a chair with a glass of wine and watch the fireworks from the comfort of my own room.
That is a gorgeous view. I don't blame you for leaving early. It was so hot - I was drained by midday!
I’m sorry if I haven’t gotten around to your TRs! I’ve been trying to keep up, but it’s useless. We have so much to do. Imagine having a three car garage filled from top to bottom with cra, er precious items that need to be relocated. Then imagine that you have a two car garage at home in the same condition. Luckily we had a tenant decide to give up her garage in a different building, so we’ve been relocating a lot of stuff to there. We’ve taken quite a few trips to the thrift store, and we’ve been listing a bunch of stuff on Craigslist. When we moved into our house four years ago, we had remodeled the Master Bath, we took out a vanity and put in a walk in tub. Well that vanity was still in the garage, along with a mirror, a toilet (we replaced that too) and about 50 empty cardboard boxes. Those went to the recycle place. Plus we have paint cans sitting around in every garage from all the remodels that we have done in the past 10 years. We have 11 units, and by the end of this year, all of them will have undergone, basic total rehabs since 2009. So that’s a few trips to the hazardous waste disposal center.
Woah 11 units!! Steve really wants to pick your brains on how to be a property giant/landlord too. We only have one rental property, our old apt, but it's not a great investment property because it's a co-op and there are many board rules about renting.
On the “fun stuff” front, even though we’re broke and are having to sell some of our Disney stock to finance this whole remodel, you’ll learn in the course of this TR that we booked a “dummy” cruise on this past vacation. On October 1st Platinum
Castaway Club members could book the next block of cruises that Disney is releasing. I decided to go with a travel agent this time around and use my dummy cruise towards a 7 Day Mexican Riviera Cruise in April of 2020. You’ll see in this next update why I don’t trust myself to book these cruises any longer. I’m hoping that a year from now, when the Pay in Full date rolls around that I’ll be able to afford the cruise without having to sell any more Disney Stock!
Yay for the cruise, despite having to sell some stock. We all do what we gotta do for some Disney fun. I have sacrificed eating out on many occasions just so we can splurge on vacation.
We were in boarding group #2, so we found a little spot near the boarding area where Jill and I sat on the floor and we all perused our Navigators. They had changed things since my last cruise. They no longer printed the four page part of the Navigator daily, only for the first day.
Oh interesting, is it to become more green? I think I did notice the navigators were a little lighter last year than on our previous cruises.
I would have ordered the sirloin, but I knew I was having Prime Rib for dinner that night, and I'm weird about having the same thing for two meals or two dinners in a row.
I'm the same way! If I have pizza for lunch I don't want it for dinner.
Actually that's not true, I can have pizza anytime.
But I know what you mean. I like variety in my meals.
I got the kids Mac n cheese, and the serving size was perfect.
I like how you got a kids meal!!
Fran got the Salmon Salad, Grilled Salmon Filet on tossed Iceberg, Citrus Marinated Cous Cous, Spinach, Artichokes, Tomatoes and Cucumbers. She said it was very good, but they gave her a huge piece of Salmon.
Yum that looks delicious!
We're never in the MDR for embarkation lunch but I want to try it. It's because Steve really needs to eat all the crab legs all the time.
But maybe we can eat at the MDR and then we can go to Cabanas later for some crab legs, or vice versa.
I was devastated to find that I had completely spaced out when I booked the room and I had no verandah. It was an oceanview room, with only a porthole. I decided if I could be that stupid, I'd better use a travel agent in the future.
Oh no!
Well, at least you have a window! We have an inside stateroom for Hawaii 2020 and I really would like at least a porthole! That cruise is sold out for now though!
We left Fran in the room to sleep while Jill and I went up to the spa. She booked a few more treatments beyond the one she and I had scheduled and I redeemed my Rainforest Room coupon for daily visits to the Rainforest room.
Ooh what is this Rainforest room coupon and how do you get one?
Cute dress!
I had the Romaine wedge, the dressing was a little interesting and I think Fran had part of it too.
The dressing looks like thousand island!
It went very nicely with my Date pudding. This is probably my second favorite dessert after the various souffles
Yum I love dates! I would have ordered this if I had seen it on the Fantasy but I don't remember if I got it! Now I have to look back at my old TR to see if I did actually get this. TR writing comes in handy!
We went back to room to find this towel animal, whatever it is.
Melted...crab?
Gale and team did an excellent job. Here's an attic selfie because how many times do you get to take selfies in an attic? 
We rented a van from Mears and he was right on time. Luckily, it was just the 3 of us because we took up all the space with luggage and the scooter! It was a very uneventful drive to the port and the first glimpse of the Fantasy was amazing!
No verandah? I'm glad you had a window!!
